Is the selfie culture killing genuine happiness?

People now must have photos to post, even when nothing spectacular is happening in their lives (Photo: Gemini)

The selfie has become the killer of happiness. Selfie, a photograph of oneself that a person takes by holding a camera, more often a phone, at an angle, has been revolutionary.

In the past, someone else, most likely a professional, had to take your photos as you posed. This meant that people rarely saw photos of people doing things by themselves because there was no one around to take the photo. Now everyone can appear in a photo with heads raised a little towards a camera held high by the taker.